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Originally Posted by zukes
I know it's a lot like the Oilers, look awesome once there is no pressure, but remember the Jays were actually supposed to contend this year, so maybe it all is just bad luck and they come out like gangbusters next year.
Or maybe I am drinking the kool-aid like the Oilers fans. I am going to the game tomorrow. Can't wait to see Snider.
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The thing is that guys like Rios and Wells have been a lot hotter in the second half. At the end of the season....they'll likely have numbers that are right about where you would project them to be over a full season. Really if Wells hadn't missed time to injury his numbers project out pretty well. Wells should come in around a 850 OPS which is right about where he's been in most of his best offensive years. Rios will be below what you'd expect for power, but still 300 or so average and 800-850 OPS, and I don't think Rios has ever shown enough power or patience at the plate to be a 900OPS guy. Than there are guys like Joe Inglet, and even Lind probably have done more than the team expected to help offset guys like Overbay and Rolen. Chances are at the end of the season that the lineups production won't be that far off of what should have been expected. It's just that they ran really hot and cold at times and that lack of consistency was an issue.
What will be a tough call for the Jays is if they decide to give a guy like Snider the chance to be on the team next year with a guy like Lind. If they do, than thats a DH and a LF, so if they want to add a big power bat that would really leave first base as the place to do it. If they decide not to, than they maybe could try to find an everyday short stop who can hit adequately and defend the position. I think I'd be tempted to re-invest some of the Burnett savings into a pitcher. Even with the injuires the past two years he did throw 150+ innings...which is somthing guys like Litsch, Marcum, McGowan haven't been able to really do for more than one season.